Box 5

A photograph of L. Mendel Rivers at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) offices in The Hague, Netherlands.

Thirteen photographs of L. Mendel Rivers and family attending the Keel Laying Ceremony of the U.S.S. South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Also pictured are Margaret Middleton Rivers (wife), Margaret Rivers Eastman (daughter), and Senator J. Strom Thurmond. Also included is a program for the ceremony.

A substantial amount of photographs of L. Mendel Rivers attending a luncheon and giving a speech to the Democratic National Congressional Committee. Also pictured are Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Speak of the House John McCormick, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Representative (and future President) Gerald R. Ford, former Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford, and House Majority Leader Carl Albert.

Two photographs of L. Mendel Rivers in Orlando, Florida, including a picture of him standing next to a large swordfish.

Four photographs of L. Mendel Rivers attending a luncheon in for Ambassador Pauls in Washington, D.C.

Two photographs of L. Mendel Rivers holding the new South Carolina postage stamp.

Two photographs of L. Mendel Rivers with a beauty queen (probably Miss South Carolina) and Representative Sam Rayburn.

Fifteen photographs of L. Mendel Rivers and Representative Frank W. Boykin.

Eight photographs of L. Mendel Rivers in group shots taken on the Capital Building steps in Washington, D.C., Also pictured are L. Mendel Rivers, Jr. (son), former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey, Speaker of the House John McCormack, Representative Frank Boykin, Margaret Middleton Rivers (wife), and Senator Burnet R. Maybank.

A photograph of two unidentified officers standing next to a monument for Charlesfort in Beaufort, South Carolina.